Dear Mr. Trump,

Your present hatchet man, Giuliani, says that Michael Cohen has no credibility, that it was well known that he’s lied all his life.

If Giuliani is believed, then that’s something you must have known when you hired Michael Cohen to run your dirty business errands and indeed it must be why you hired him in the first place, Mr. Trump. He would be exactly the kind of lawyer you could trust to handle your illegal affairs.

But even liars tell the truth when they need to. You’ve never felt the need to, I know, but Michael Cohen feels the need to now, and we should believe him. A jury will believe him. He will have tons of corroborating evidence to support his claim that you were well aware of the meeting at Trump Tower and approved it. He knows where this corroborating evidence is and can point Mueller directly to it.

So where does that leave you, Sir? Putting aside any criminal indictments that Mueller may bring – and I know that you plan to pardon yourself – the only recourse for Americans who care about our democracy is to get rid of the Republicans in Congress who protect you.

You cannot pardon yourself from impeachment.

Very truly yours,

Bruce J. Berger

PS — Why don’t you ever respond to my letters? Are you afraid to, perhaps? Have nothing persuasive to say in response?